Pen and pencil holder.



' Nd. 854,019. I PATENTED'M'AY 21, 1907.

' F. L. BENSTEAD.

PEN AND PENCIL HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JAILZQ 1907.

I II! cm, \nsunlamn, n. c.

FRED L. BENSTEAD, OF IIOXIE, ARKANSAS.

' PEN AND PENCIL HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 21, 1907.

Application filed January 29,1907. Serial No 354,697.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRED L. BENSTEAD, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Hoxie, in the county of Lawrence, State of Arkansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pen and Pencil Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention has relation to that class of devices that comprise a ring adapted to fit on a finger of the hand and provided with a loop or holder to support a pencil on the ring and bring it into convenient position for use when so desired.

It is the object of the present invention to provide a finger-ring pen and pencil holder that may be efficient and convenient for use in supporting a pen and pencil in convenient position on the finger so that either may be taken out therefrom when Wanted for use or .be brought around into position so that it can be advantageously employed.

The nature of the invention may be ascertained from the device illustrated in the anneXed drawings, forming a part of this specification, in view of which it will first be described with respect to its construction and mode of use and then be pointed out in the subjoined claim.

Of the said drawingsFigure 1 is a perspective view showing the manner in which the device is used and showing it also as employed for holding a pen and pencil in position on a finger of the hand. Fig. 2 is a plan of the device detached. Fig. 3 is a side elevation. Fig. 4 is a sectional view on the line 44 of Fig. 2.

Similar numerals of reference designate similar parts or features, as the case may be, wherever they occur.

In the drawings, 10 designates a ring which as shown is adapted to fit upon one of the fingers of the hand at a point thereon where it may be most useful and adapted to be shifted from point to point as the occasion may require. On the top of the ring, there is pivoted a plate 11, which plate has secured to its end by rivets or otherwise rings 12 and 13,

the said rings beingopen at their tops so that they may accommodate themselves as to their diameter with a pencil 14 and a pen handle 15 which may be projected therethrough so that the pen proper or point of the pencil may extend in the direction of the finger ends of the fingers of the hand.

It is designed that the device shall be employed principally to hold a pen and pencil in convenient position for use between the first finger and the thumb or other fingers of the hand, when either is needed to be employed.

' In case it should be desired to employ either the pencil or the pen temporarily Without detaching them from. the rings on the finger ring, the latter may be swung around on the finger by means of the pivot plate upon which the pen and pencil holder rings are secured, and either the pen or pencil may be swung upon the pivotal connection of the plate with the finger ring to bring it into proper position or into position where it may e most conveniently employed. It is this latter feature of my device, namely the ability to swing the pivot plate carrying the rings 12 and 13 to any desired position that constitutes an important feature of my improvements.

If the rings 12 and 13 were in any way rigidly secured to the ring or so connected therewith that they could not be swung around to any position desired, it would not be convenient at all times to maintain a pen and pencil therein but where the pen and pencil can be adjusted to extend in any plane with respect to the fingers or the position of the hand, it is entirely practical to maintain a pen and pencil in the rings at all times.

What is claimed- A pen and pencil holder comprising a ring adapted to fit on a finger of the hand, a plate pivoted on the top of the finger-ring, and an open loop or ring secured to each end of the plate. y

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

FRED L. BENSTEAD. Witnesses J. A. HILL, E. J. PEABoDY. 

